Fish dressing machine



Sept. 5, 1950 s. LAURlN FISH DRESSING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 21, 1948 Iia swam/boo SVf/V [[AAART'LAURIN Sept. 5, 1950 s. LAURlN FISH DRESSING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 21. 1948 SVE/Y LEM ART LAURl/V ATTORIVEYS FISI l DRESSINGAMACHINE- v v *Gii'teliorg Application septcmber 2i, 1948, Serial No;'l50',291"

In SWedenMarch ;1947. w w i 1 l (c ings); .The l present invention'relates to fish dresslng supported fby. legs v2 and which a; horizontal meehiilesof the kindsetv forth in our copending shaltt isjournalled; .Onthisshaft aremounted applieationfiled on even date lherewith, {serial, two u ns 5. ,-and,-6 of equal size, ;,each provid ed NoI 50,292 and in which thehfish to bedressed with a comparatively broad, cylindrical surface is janlmedtby its tail portion between two co- {Ifhroughla clutch,arrangementcontrolled;by axial rotatable drums againstwhich t. $65125 1 the hand lever ,Sflthe-dnums; 5, and-,6; may be its back land at. the periphery of} whichcdrulns caused torotateliwiththe shaft ;,3 and;slide the therefiare provided two circular knives so dissameinppposite directions lpngitudinally therepo s'ed theQpath of, travelfof the fish as to upon in a manner as described-incurBritishpat reinove the entrails and-backbone of, the ,fish, 1 ent No. .493,419 datedOctober-H, 1 938.-1, By introan ..wherein,.'behindsaid knives, .tw o rotatable c'lucing the fish fro m thegfront: of the machine, skin 'freinoving ,circular discs are disposed. subi e the right-handpi Figured, tail first .with stantially.tangentially, in relation to the drums its b'ack resting against-the drums, and the tail and between which and the knives there. are between the drums, and then. pressing the drums provided deflecting means adaptedtoflatten out 15 against each other; the ,'flsh, from whichv the thefs'ide rportions of the fish over the drums headhaspreviouslybeen cut. off rwill be, caught after I, said fish. has passed said knives, so that by the ,drums .which rotate in,thetdirection of the skin removing discs separate-the flesh (fil the arrow A in -Eigure l. lIn bearings l, -8\ dis letsx of the -sideyportions of the fish thus flatposedsaheye the Ldrums therearemounted twotene'd but. For the purpose of this specification rota o Spindles prel'ectingsae n t each the front is reckoned to be theydirection of ro- 1 other and forming an obt e angl withoeach tation of the drums, i. e. the direction from Qth 31t eaaqjaeenhends of,,said spindles being which the peripheries of the drums are moving, '99 l V v and the back is consequently the direction to- Ea h p' dl carries a rotary k f l2 in t e wards which the drum peripheries are moving. form of a circular disc with sharpened edges, and

The invention is broadly characterized in that l the inclination o the Spindles d e s e of there are rotationally mounted in front of the th knives ar s chosen that the ed s of the skin removing discs two circular discs situated k s will be s uat d n a h th a a p int one at each side of the vertical plane through near e c cumference of the drums in front the space between the drums and so inclined in Of the pa e ween the Same- In front of the es'tee b m ns: o w-ets verseh i n et a relation to each other that their edges will be knives ll, '2 there are P d in own mansituated near each other at a point near the two SWihgable guidingvplates l4 Which u de circumference of t drums, the fish restin with its back against the drums These inclined discs will slightly separate the r in such a mennerithet its centre pla e will coside fillets of the fish flattened out over the drums ineide With the Vertical plane through the Space from each other, so that the work of the skin 3 between the d s, an e kn v l2 removing discs will be facilitated in separating Situated immediately behind the plates l4 W l from the skin perfect fillets without risk of in: consequently fo o u o nc o s embraci i ,i t skin or of portions of t Skin 4 ing the entrails and backbone of the fish (as inremaining on the fillets. Furthermore, the said dicatedbythedotted line in Figure 2) t e inclined discs keep the tail portion of the passing fish Passing t e knives W the r the e fish down against the drums, preventing portrails and the backbone being Caught by a trou 1310115 of Said tail portion from being out off by [5a (Figure 1) situated behind the knives ,12. thehskin removing discs, which portion t At the outer side of each knife I I, I2 there is mains with the fillets separated from the skin. o ided ah curved plate 16. which pl t are In the accompanying drawings an embodiment a p d y their f on edges to Catch the Side f t invention: is Shown by way of example portions of the fish and deflect same over the and in Said drawings; surface of the drums.

Figure 1 is a' side elevation of the fish dressing d the reel edge of the deflecting P s machine; Hi there are provided two bearings I9, 20 sup- Figure 2 is a view of the machine shown from ported by a transverse o 8 and in said bearth b k; d ings there are journalled two spindles 2|, 22 d1- Figure3 is a plan view of certain elements of rected towards the drums 5, 5 and each carrying the machine hereinafter described. r l a skin removing circular disc 23, 24, which is l In the drawings I designates a frame-work substantially tangentially disposedin relation to the respective drum. The spindles 2 I, 22 are driven through gears 25,; 26 by a shaft 28 journalled in bearings 21, 21a, whereby the discs are'rapidly rotated in the direction indicated by the arrows in Figure 2. The drums 5, 6, the knives ll, [2 and the discs 23,24 are driven from a common main shaft '29, journalled in the frame and provided WiiilLaheltpulley.29a. .Io the;z,dru m shaft 3 the movement. is transmitted by -;means of toothed gearin'gs 3H, 3|, and to the spindle ID of the knife l2 the movement is transmitted by i a belt transmission 32. To the shaft 28 the movement is transmitted by means of a beltf33-run-ning overa pulley 34 fixed to the shaf t 29 and over a pulley 35 fixed to the shaft 28. I

from the skin of the side portions of the fish thus ,iiattenedcut, comprising a pair of circular discs 15 According to the inventionzthere are provided in front of the skin removing discs 23,24 to'3cirif cular discs 38, 39 journalled on arms 35,,31, and

symmetrically disposed on each side of a vertical plane through the space l3 between the drums, said discs being -so inclined in relation :to "each other-that the edges of the discs will l e-situated near'each other at a point near the circumfer- 1 once of the drums andsomewhat in front of the line,- along which a'plane coinciding with the, axis er rotation of the drums and passing through the point of intersection-between the axisl'of r0"- tation of thediscs 38; 39' crosses the cylindrical surface of theqdrums. v r

' The-edges'of the' discs 38, '39 are roundedzofi, and itwill be evidentth'at during'their rotation caused by the passing fish they will slightly separate-from each other-the side jfillets of the 's'o as'to -fa-cilitateftheworkin of the discs 23, 24 in separatingperfect fillets from the skin.

The invention is notlimitedto-the embodiment described above and illustrated in the drawings but may bevarie'd in details, and, for example, the drum's 'may be replaced {by equivalenhmeans such asparallel ioands. whatirclaimjsz Ej v a l a "The combination with aflsh' 'dres'si 5-3 3- h f he ype n/i 9 We; tqax a r atab e rotatably mounted adjacent said skin removing discs: and between ;said skin removing discs and said deflecting means, said circular discs being positioned each on an opposite side of the vertical'plane through the space between said drums, and said pair of discs being inclined in relation to each other witha portion of the edge of each disc beingsituated adjacent a corresponding .portion of the other discatapoint adjacent the circum ferencesfof said drums.

2. Improvements in fish dressing machines ,as claimed in claim 1, further characterized in'that the inclination of said pair of discs is such that the point at which'th e edges of said discs are nearest each other is situated slightly ;in front of the line along whichfa plane coinciding with the axis of rotation of said drums, and going through "the point of-"intersection between the axes of rotatio'nxof said pair of discs crosses the cylindrical surface of said drums. V

3. Improvementsin fish dressingmachines as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that edges of said pair pf discs have a rounded cross-sec,- tional configuration.

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